O2 XDA Zest

Decent 3MP camera ; Hold button ; HSDPA connectivity ; Wi-Fi

Underwhelming build quality

A decent smartphone in terms of connectivity, but there's little to impress elsewhere

In fact, the handset is one of the most responsive Windows Mobile handsets we've used recently thanks, no doubt, to it's speedy Marvell TavorP 624MHz processor. Screen updates are pretty much instantaneous and there's very little slow down evident even...

Battery life, camera video performance and some of its design traits are not what you would call ideal, especially with the placement of the microSD slot, but there is still a solid product underneath. The GPS benefits from a SiRF-Star III receiver,...

Nothing about the Xda Zest is novel or innovative in its own right. On the other hand this is the first PAYG Xda, and it carries itself well.

The Zest is an Asus-built handset and, once out of the rather swish box, it's a jolly nice thing to hold. The shiny surfaces give the handset a polished appearance and the flat pebble syling makes it a very touchable handset. This is a fingerprint...

The Zest has a good user interface, nice design, and plenty of features.

It doesn't offer any unique features compared with other Windows Mobile smartphones in the market.

O2 prepay customers could be attracted to Windows Mobile for the first time

The Zest has a good user interface, nice design, and plenty of features

It doesn't offer any unique features compared with other Windows Mobile smartphones in the market

O2 prepay customers could be attracted to Windows Mobile for the first time.

On the other hand, to counter this great plus point is the fact that the microSD card slot, which you'll need to use to build on the provided memory, is under the battery. We find this most unsatisfactory as it means that every time you want to copy...